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Beware the Gonzo

  • 20102010
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Jesse McCartney, Zoë Kravitz, and Ezra Miller in Beware the Gonzo (2010)
Eddie "Gonzo" Gilman is starting a revolution. When the wild-eyed rebel journalist is ousted from his prep school's newspaper by its über-popular editor, Eddie fronts an underground movement to give a voice to all the misfits, outcasts, and nerds.
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A young muckraker decides to start his own underground newspaper at his high school.A young muckraker decides to start his own underground newspaper at his high school.A young muckraker decides to start his own underground newspaper at his high school.
IMDb RATING
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1.8K
YOUR RATING
    • Bryan Goluboff
    • Bryan Goluboff
  • Stars
    • Ezra Miller
    • Zoë Kravitz
    • Griffin Newman
    • Bryan Goluboff
    • Bryan Goluboff
  • Stars
    • Ezra Miller
    • Zoë Kravitz
    • Griffin Newman
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    • 6User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
    • 36Metascore
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    Griffin Newman, Zoë Kravitz, Edward Gelbinovich, Ezra Miller, and Stefanie Y. Hong in Beware the Gonzo (2010)
    Zoë Kravitz and Ezra Miller in Beware the Gonzo (2010)
    Ezra Miller in Beware the Gonzo (2010)
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    Ezra Miller in Beware the Gonzo (2010)
    Zoë Kravitz in Beware the Gonzo (2010)
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    Zoë Kravitz and Ezra Miller in Beware the Gonzo (2010)
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    Ezra Miller
    Ezra Miller
    • Eddie 'Gonzo' Gilman
    Zoë Kravitz
    Zoë Kravitz
    • Evie Wallace
    Griffin Newman
    Griffin Newman
    • Horny Rob Becker
    Stefanie Y. Hong
    • Ming Na
    • (as Stefanie Hong)
    Edward Gelbinovich
    Edward Gelbinovich
    • Scott Marshall Schneeman
    Jesse McCartney
    Jesse McCartney
    • Gavin Reilly
    Amy Sedaris
    Amy Sedaris
    • Diane Gilman
    Campbell Scott
    Campbell Scott
    • Arthur Gilman
    James Urbaniak
    James Urbaniak
    • Principal Roy
    Marc John Jefferies
    Marc John Jefferies
    • Stone
    Lucian Maisel
    Lucian Maisel
    • Malloy
    Jerry Grayson
    Jerry Grayson
    • Errol
    Yul Vazquez
    Yul Vazquez
    • Charlie Ronald
    Judah Friedlander
    Judah Friedlander
    • Cafeteria Guy
    Steven Kaplan
    • Kevin
    Tyrone Marshall Brown
    Tyrone Marshall Brown
    • Johnny Rock
    • (as Tyrone Brown)
    Noah Fleiss
    Noah Fleiss
    • Ryan
    Tyler Johnson
    Tyler Johnson
    • Josh
      • Bryan Goluboff
      • Bryan Goluboff
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      At the end of the movie when Gonzo talks with Evie, he can be seen wearing a 'Sons of an Illustrious Father' shirt. This is the name of the band Ezra Miller (Gonzo) is in in real life.
    • Goofs
      Columbia University does not offer an undergraduate major in journalism, which Eddie is pursuing in the film. The journalism program at Columbia is only offered to graduate students.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Eddie 'Gonzo' Gilman: In the past week, I blew my chance to go to college, I lost all my friends, and I almost ruined my parents' marriage. The one girl I ever cared about will probably never talk to me again. And I... I also got my face kicked in, but... after everything I've done, I probably got off easy.

    • Connections
      References All the President's Men (1976)
    • Soundtracks
      Ooh Girl
      Performed by Northern State

      Written by Robyn Goodmark, Julie Potash, Correne Spero, Caleb Shreve

      and Adam Horovitz

    User reviews6

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    8/10
    A Fist of Two Thumbs
    Eddie 'Gonzo' Gilman is a come-to-age student, in an upscale high-school of New York city, and he has a column in the student's paper.

    He adopted his nickname, from Hunter S. Thompson's alternative journalism ('Gonzo style'), and so he is such a freedom fighter, against the establishment (usually keeping him down): the principal of the school and the elite students, controlling everything.

    At the same time, though, all of them (good and bad guys) must keep their scores and discipline with a tight grip, in order to qualify for college.

    Gonzo revolts, though, releasing his own paper (The Gonzo Files), in such a conflictive way, challenging everything and everyone at school, for the sake of justice.

    In such a crusade, Gonzo also adopts Hunter S. Thompson's symbol: a hand closed in a fist, with two thumbs.

    'Beware the Gonzo' is a very complex (and violent) movie, and yet it has the fluency of an absorbing primetime TV-show, thanks to the expertise of its producer, Bryan Goluboff (the same of 'Law and Order: SVU').

    The movie doesn't have any moral agenda anyhow, it's just an entertaining movie with a solid story.

    It was produced by the organizers of the 'Tribeca Film Festival', also in New York.
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    • Release date
      • September 9, 2011 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Clinton Diner, Maspeth, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Corner Store Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 34 minutes
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